Unscramble whippings

Definition of whipping

adjective:

• smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation", "some sharp and whipping lines". Synonyms: snappy.

noun:

• beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning.
• a sound defeat. Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping.
• a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally. Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching.
• the act of overcoming or outdoing. Synonyms: beating.

verb:

• beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students", "The children were severely trounced". Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip.
• defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents". Synonyms: mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst.
• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind". Synonyms: whip.
• strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face". Synonyms: lash, whip.
• whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs". Synonyms: whip, whisk.
• subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday", "the professor scaled the students", "your invectives scorched the community". Synonyms: blister, scald, whip.

Related words

birch, cat, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, horsewhipping, leather, overcast, overcasting, scourge, switch, urticate.

Words nearby

chipping, shipping, whopping.

Rhymes with

chipping, clipping, dripping, equipping, gripping, nipping, ripping, shipping, slipping, stripping, tripping.